Bharat Coking Coal IPO booked 147 times, draws ₹1.2 trillion bids
The company's ₹1,071-crore IPO was entirely an offer-for-sale (OFS) by parent Coal India
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The initial public offering (IPO) of Bharat Coking Coal garnered over 147 times subscription, attracting bids worth ₹1.2 trillion.
The institutional investor portion of the IPO was subscribed 311 times, high-net worth individual (HNI) portion nearly 260 times and retail investor portion over 50x.
The company’s ₹1,071-crore IPO was entirely an offer-for-sale (OFS) by parent Coal India.
Following the IPO, Coal India’s stake in the company will decline to 90 per cent. At the top-end of the price band of ₹21-22, the company is valued at ₹10,711 crore. During the first six months of fiscal 2025-26, the company had clocked net profit of ₹124 crore on revenues of ₹5,659 crore.
Bharat Coking Coal is engaged in the production of coking coal, non-coking coal, and washed coal. The firm on Thursday said it has mobilised over ₹273 crore from anchor investors.
The IPO was the first mainboard issue of calendar 2026.
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The initial public offering (IPO) of Amagi Media Labs, a cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, received 6 per cent subscription on the first day of bidding on Tuesday.
Retail individual investors (RIIs) received 28 per cent subscription, while the non-institutional investor category received 4 per cent subscription.
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The IPO will close on January 16. The price band for the issue has been fixed at ₹343 to ₹361 per share, valuing the company at over ₹7,800 crore at the upper end of the band. PTI
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